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SEPTA veteran promoted to head operations
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 2. Tom Dorricott is Legislative Representative of BLET Division 71 in Philadelphia.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA has promoted maintenance chief Luther Diggs to be its new...
Frankfort will move to cut deal with CN
(The following story by Susan Demar Lafferty appeared on the Southtown Star website on December 2.) CHICAGO — At the urging of village residents, Frankfort officials have decided to switch tracks and make a deal with the Canadian National Railway to ease the impact of...
Diesel exhaust linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(The following story by Todd Neale appeared at MedPageToday.com on November 25. Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.) BOSTON — Exposure to diesel exhaust is associated with an increased risk...
The importance of a current connection for Railroad Retirement benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on November 3.) CHICAGO — Under the Railroad Retirement Act, a “current connection with the railroad industry” is one of the eligibility requirements for occupational disability annuities and supplemental...
RRB: Medicare Part B Premiums for 2009
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on November 20.) CHICAGO — The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will be $96.40 in 2009, the same as the Part B premium for 2008. Until 2007, all beneficiaries paid the same basic premium amount for...
Final Railroad Retirement Board Informational Conference of 2008
CHICAGO — The following informational conference is the final one conducted by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board in 2008. Registration for the informational conference begins at 8:00 a.m. It begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m. DECEMBER Friday,...
Retiree earnings limits to rise in 2009
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 23.) CHICAGO — Those railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2009 without having their benefits reduced, as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to...
Railroad Retirement announces benefit increases for 2009
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 23.) CHICAGO — Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2009 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the 12...
Getting Amtrak service back on track in Albany
(The following story by Cathy Woodruff appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on November 30.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — It doesn't necessarily take a catastrophe to sour the experience for a traveler looking forward to a relaxing, hassle-free journey by train. An untidy...
More traffic for Amtrak this holiday
(The following story by Jonah Owen Lamb appeared on the Merced Sun website on November 29.) MERCED, Calif. — A large crowd huddled below the awning outside Merced's Amtrak Station on Wednesday morning waiting for the train north. This crowd and the people in the...
